metal detector

noun

an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.

metal detector

a device that gives an audible or visual signal when its search head comes close to a metallic object embedded in food, buried in the ground, etc

McLennan was scouring church land with his metal detector in September when he came across a silver spoon.

So if this weekend sees you outside whirring with your state-of-the-art metal detector, happy hunting.

She is greeted by name by two female guards before she goes through a metal detector.

“Probably” not detectable by a metal detector; unclear whether the new body scanners would have caught it.

The TSA agents selected the boy for additional screening after he set off a metal detector.

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